Around the Moronosphere 5/31/09 - In which I make my first cash bleg (and it's not for me)

Moving quickly today it's nice and I want to do something. Went to Alki and had breakfast and coffee but had to leave because they were having some sort of race and I didn't want to get trapped. Anyway...

First off a bleg - I have made a few of these before, but never for cash. I just heard on NPR today that the Shriners are going to have to close up to 6 hospitals due to falling donations. If you aren't aware the Shriners aren't just guys in funny hats and small cars. Since the 1920's they have run a network of pediatric hospitals across the country. It is their reason for being. The care given to the kids is without cost but with the economic downturn they are running a $3,000,000,000 deficit. If the deficit can't be closed this is going to lead to the closing of up to 6 hospitals. I am not a Shriner and am not affiliated in any way with them but a friend of mine in Jr. High was treated for bone cancer at a Shrine Hospital. He ultimately passed away my junior year but they did their best for him so what the hell I am going to donate. Every little bit helps right.

Flopping Aces - Sunday Funnies



Cold Fury - Why are conservatives so mean?

(video here)

Mrs. Peel's Words of Wisdom - The Q Blog - "My main takeaway? Well, you know how people will say stuff like, “Muslims worship the same God Christians and Jews do, just in different ways”? After having read the entire Koran, I am honestly astounded that those people are not consumed by a bolt of lightning from the heavens immediately upon voicing such blasphemy.

There is no way that the same God who inspired the Torah and the New Testament inspired the Koran. No way."

I haven't read the Qur'an or the entire blogging the Qur'an series so I can't make any judgment on Mrs. Peel's comments. I had a friend who is Muslim tell me one time that the Bible and the Koran are basically the same book with the chapters rearranged and a bunch of fire demons thrown in. When I finally get around to reading it I guess I will find out.

The Other McCain - The Unintended Consequences of Advertising - Reviving old Budweiser commercials. I always thought the lizards were rather humorous. Not as humorous as



but humorous

finally a must read from The Economist - California The Ungovernable State - This is from a couple of weeks ago but I just got to it. Very enlightening

and that's all for now